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The wallets of America's middle class and poorest aren't seeing any extra money, the U.S. Census reported Wednesday, a financial stagnation experts say may be fueling political dissent this campaign season.

The hair business is unusually upbeat in a downtrodden economy that appears to have slowed growth among most mom-and-pop businesses, according to statistics released by the Census Bureau in August. Neighborhood barber and beauty shops grew by 8 percent between 2008 and 2009. In the New Orleans metro area the number of barbers and barbershops grew by 16 percent.

New Orleans is a smaller city than it was before Hurricane Katrina, and much of the loss in population is among blacks who have been unwilling or unable to return, Census figures released Thursday showed. In 2000, there were about ...

WASHINGTON — The number of people filing new claims for jobless benefits jumped last week after three straight declines, another sign that the pace of layoffs has not slowed. Initial claims for jobless benefits rose by 12,000 to a seasonally ...

If you live in eastern New Orleans, consider yourself a have-not. If you live in another any part of the metro area, except for, say, remote Plaquemines Parish, you are among the haves. I’m talking about having places to shop ...

New Orleans ranks eighth among the nation’s largest cities for the percentage of residents who walk and bike to work, according to the Census Bureau. New Orleanians walk to work at more than twice the national average and bike to ...

WASHINGTON — Eye-popping health insurance premium increases of up to 39 percent are a worrisome sign of the times, the Obama administration said in a report today as it tried to tap public frustration with high costs to revive the ...